Tablets a ‘new world’ for special-needs students 3 CEHS
By David Harry
SCARBOROUGH — Morrison Center teacher Paul Agnew
circled the room, extending an
iPad so his students could dress
a snowman. Behind him, the
image appeared on a screen as it
went from naked white to fully
clothed with a carrot nose.
Sitting in front of him, students Mindy Bisson, Cassy
Gannett and Tommy LaBerge
focused on picking wardrobe
items and saying them out loud
as they touched the iPad screen.
“The (students) all have a
genuine interest for these,”
Agnew said after the Dec. 20
tablet demonstration.
Lynn Gierie, whose son, Robbie, was born with cerebral
palsy, knew the tablets would
be a good way to give back to
the school where her son was
educated through eighth grade.
As president of the Robbie
Foundation, a Scarboroughbased nonprofit that provides
grants to buy adaptive equipment
and fund services for children
with special needs, she made it
a goal to find the funding to buy
tablets and training for students
and staff at the Morrison Center.
“I see the impact it has made,”
she said. “It opens a whole new
world for them.”

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Morrison Center teacher Paul Agnew guides student Tommy LaBerge through dressing a snowman, part of a
lesson to increase verbal and vocabulary skills using iPads donated from grants by the Scarborough-based Robbie
Foundation and the Davis Family Foundation of Falmouth.

With a $25,000 grant from the
Falmouth-based Davis Family
Foundation, Gierie supplied the
Morrison Center with 24 iPads
and three two-hour training ses-

sions to help launch a new way
of learning at the center. The
tablets, with audio and video
programs, were donated to the
school earlier this month.

“This is a more dynamic
device,” Agnew said. “I’m a
gadget geek, and it couldn’t be
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School kitchens under close scrutiny
Most get passing
grades; problems
in Portland

By Will Graff
PORTLAND — One in six
Americans – about 48 million
people – get sick from foodborne diseases every year. Worse,
128,000 are hospitalized and
3,000 die.
The most vulnerable population: children.
Those statistics, the latest available from the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control’s 2011 report
on foodborne illness, underscore

the importance of food safety in
schools.
In southern Maine, public
school kitchens largely pass state
health inspections. Only a handful
have failed an inspection in the
last five years.
In fact, of the more than 200
Maine Department of Environmental Health kitchen inspection
reports reviewed by The Forecaster, covering 64 public school
cafeterias from Scarborough to
Brunswick, state and city health
inspectors have only failed six
school kitchens since 2007.
“The schools are great,” said
Rebecca Walsh, senior health

program manager for the department. “... Really, their staff is
among the best-trained staff as far
as handling food and food safety.”
And, unlike restaurants, in the
last two years, the school kitchens have received no complaints
about illness, according to Health
Inspection Program Manager Lisa
Roy.
But, despite the high rate of
passing schools, more than a
dozen schools were on the brink
of failure, coming within one violation of failing. Most had at least
one violation that could spread
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Will GRAFF / THE FORECASTER

An electric warming box holds
ground beef ready to ship to schools
last Friday at the Reed Commissary,
the central kitchen for most of
Portland’s public schools. Food
Services Director Ron Adams said
the facility, housed in a converted
school, is inadequate. The program is
scheduled to move into a new kitchen
next fall.

By David Harry
CAPE ELIZABETH — Three
juveniles were arrested and
charged with drug trafficking
– and at least two could be expelled from school – for their
alleged roles in the distribution of
marijuana-laced cookies Dec. 7 at
Cape Elizabeth High School.
Police Department Capt. Brent
Sinclair on Wednesday said two
17-year-old boys and a 15-yearold boy were charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled
drugs for allegedly selling the
cookies to other students at the
school.
In addition to the drug trafficking charges, 18-year-old Samuel
Sherman, who is the son of Town
Councilor David Sherman, and
seven boys were issued summonses for possession of marijuana. Four of the juveniles are
16 years old; three are 15. One
of the 16-year-olds is from South
Portland, the rest live in Cape
Elizabeth.
The students are alleged to have
sold and ingested the cookies at
school before some of them attended a day-long TEDxYouth
event – part of a worldwide series
of discussions designed to empower and inspire young people,
which was being hosted for the
first time by a Maine high school.
The cookies were discovered after
some of the students became ill
and required medical assistance
from the school nurse.
The investigation involved at
least three officers, Sinclair said.
“We are hoping this concludes
it,” he said. “(There is) no other
information at this point.”
The police investigation is likely completed, but Superintendent
of Schools Meredith Nadeau on
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Land trust closes deal on Scarborough woodlands
By David Harry
SCARBOROUGH — More than 150
acres of woods, fields and wetlands are now
under the stewardship of the Scarborough
Land Trust.
Kathy Mills, executive director of the
trust, said the purchase of 156 acres of
land from Harvey Warren was completed
last Friday after the trust met its $365,000
fundraising goal for the purchase and stewardship costs.
The acreage, known as “Warren Woods,”
is in the center of town, roughly bounded
by Payne and Gorham roads and the Nonesuch River. The property includes frontage
on the Nonesuch River, the largest freshwater source of the Scarborough Marsh.
Six acres of the land will be turned over
to the town for future use as a recreation

area off Payne Road. The Town Council
approved that agreement on Dec. 19.
Almost $229,000 of the purchase price
came primarily from the town land bond
fund.
Trust President Paul Austin said more
than $136,000 was raised privately, with
contributions from the Davis Conservation
Foundation, Phineas W. Sprague Memorial
Foundation, Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust,
Friends of Scarborough Marsh and more
than 80 individual donors.
Austin said plans to develop trails will be
made beginning next year.
She said biologists surveying the property discovered a rare pitch pine bog and
habitats for carnivorous sundew plants, wild
orchids and varied wildlife species.
“There’s a lot of property planning and

stewardship work to be done. We’re thrilled
to have protected this gem of a property,”
Austin said.
Warren Woods is named in honor of
Harvey Warren’s late wife, long-time trust
director Elaine Stimson Warren. The Warrens’ daughter, Becky Seel, was a founding
trust director.
“My father is very happy to be able to
honor the memory of my mother by selling
this parcel to the Scarborough Land Trust,”
Seel said. “This land has been a very special
part of my parents’ lives since they bought

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it in 1966.”
Since 1977, the land trust has conserved
more than 1,200 acres of land, including
Fuller and Broadturn farms on Broadturn
Road and Libby River Farm off Spurwink
and Black Point roads.
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or
dharry@theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @
DavidHarry8.

Christmas fire destroys S. Portland home

DaviD Harry / THe ForecasTer

A Christmas night fire that destroyed a home at 15 Bodge St. was accidental and not of
suspicious origin, Lt. Robb Couture of the South Portland Fire Department said Wednesday.
Firefighters were called to the home owned by Amy Maddox around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday
night. Couture said firefighters saw flames coming from the rear of the residence. No one
was home, but firefighters and a neighbor helped rescue a dog trapped inside. The neighbor
sustained a cut hand helping rescue the dog, and Deputy Fire Chief James Wilson said he
was treated at the scene. No other injuries were reported, and firefighters were on the scene
for about three hours, Wilson said.

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Plan to restore Trout Brook almost ready
By David Harry
SOUTH PORTLAND — If all goes according to plan, there will be more bugs in
the system.
The Trout Brook ecosystem, that is.
As he assessed conditions on the waterway that flows through the center of the
city, South Portland Stormwater Program
Coordinator Fred Dillon told city councilors
at a Dec. 17 workshop the signs of recovery
will be visible.
“We are not seeing the kinds of bugs we
should see,” Dillon said.
He was outlining elements of the newly
completed Trout Brook Watershed Management Plan, which Dillon, project scientist
Kate McDonald of the Cumberland County
Soil and Water Conservation District, and
Wendy Garland of the Maine Department

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Trout Brook
courses under
Providence
Avenue in
South Portland
and into a
newly created
six-acre
preserve. The
preserve is part
of state and
local efforts
to restore the
health and
habitat of the
brook that
runs from
Cape Elizabeth
through Mill
Creek Park.

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of Environmental Protection believe can
restore the health of the “urban impaired”
watershed through fairly simple and costeffective steps.
The urban impaired designation was
made by DEP officials in 2004, meaning
the watershed does not properly sustain life
in its ecosystems as well as it could.
Efforts to restore the 2.35-mile watershed
have been going on for more than a year.
Dillon, McDonald and Garland collaborated
on the management plan, funded with a
$70,000 DEP grant and $20,000 each from
Cape Elizabeth and South Portland.
The Trout Brook watershed has its
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‘Gypsy’ no more: Mad Horse Theatre finds a home in Ferry Village
By David Harry
SOUTH PORTLAND — As the curtain rises on a new year, it is also coming up on the new stage for Mad Horse
Theatre Company in Ferry Village.
After a small hiccup when the company discovered it was not legally allowed
to stage public productions at its home in
the former Hutchins School at 24 Mosher
St., all permits and lease adjustments are
in hand. The Jan. 17 Maine premiere of
“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” will
go on as planned.
For Artistic Director Christine Marshall
and board President David Jacobs, having
the theater inside the building housing rehearsal and office spaces is a homecoming on at least two levels, since they and
several other board members and actors
live in the neighborhood.
Now in its 27th season, this is the first
time in about 20 years Mad Horse has a
stage of its own instead of a shared space
at Portland Stage, Lucid Theater or Oak
Street Theater.
“I’ve called us a gypsy theater because
we have traveled so much,” Jacobs said.

in the building they were leasing.
Marshall said former South Portland
Economic Development Director Erik
Carson showed strong support for the
idea. After Carson’s resignation in August, City Manager Jim Gailey took up

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The Mad Horse Theatre Company
has leased the former Hutchins
School at 24 Mosher St. in South
Portland for more than three years
as rehearsal and office space, and
is now allowed to stage public
performances there, too.

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Christine Marshall, left, Mad Horse Theatre Company
artistic director, and board President David Jacobs live
within blocks of the company’s 24 Mosher St. offices and it’s
“black box” performance space in Ferry Village.

In 2009, the company and city agreed
on a five-year lease for the two-story
building, built in 1900. The company
paid $400 monthly rent for the first
three years, and rent will double for the
last two years. The company also made
$24,500 in renovations and repairs to the
building.
Last summer, Mad Horse found out its
performance space at the former Lucid

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Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. in Portland, was
shutting down.
Marshall said by the time they found
out their stage would be going dark, there
was little time to find a new space, so
Jacobs and Marshall began working with
city officials to allow live performances

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Cumberland County plan seeks action on energy use
By Amber Cronin
PORTLAND — After two years of
work, the Greater Portland Council of Governments and Cumberland County released
the county’s first ever climate and energy
plan last week.

GPCOG began an emissions inventory in
2007 to identify the county’s major problems. The study looked at how much is
being spent on energy, energy consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Jennifer Puser, transit and

energy planner for GPCOG and director
of the project, the inventory showed that
Cumberland County as a region spent
$1.36 billion on energy in 2007. Transportation was the most significant cost, at
$631 million and 45 percent of all energy
consumption in the county.
Home heating costs were the next highest cost for county residents, at $131 million.
“The data really gets at the heart of our
energy problems in Cumberland County
and across Maine: transportation and home
heating,” Puser said in a press release. “It’s
a huge economic drain. This plan provides
numerous recommended actions aimed at
solving these problems across all sectors.”
After the energy inventory was completed, GPCOG put together 30 focus groups
with county citizens and business owners to
get ideas about how to counteract the problems identified in the study. Four working
groups whittled down their responses and
identified ways to meet the goals.
Some of the recommendations include
reducing single-occupancy car trips, establishing a transportation management
association, pedestrian-oriented transit,
alternative fossil fuels for home heating,
improving energy efficiency in county
buildings, capturing waste heat from

Trout Brook
from precious page
source in Cape Elizabeth and includes Kimball Brook, which runs through Hinckley
Park. Kimball Brook empties into Trout
Brook off Highland Avenue and Ocean
Street, and the watershed empties into the
Fore River beyond Mill Creek Park.
Unlike efforts to restore the Long Creek
watershed as it flows past the Maine Mall
area into the Fore River, the management
plan says Trout Brook can be restored by
small changes including planting buffer
zones in backyards to absorb nutrients
now flowing into the brook, restricting use
of manure and fertilizer on fields in Cape
Elizabeth and using students to measure
conditions like dissolved oxygen.
The high chloride levels in certain portions of the brook could be remedied by
small changes in how salt and sand are
stored at the South Portland Public Works
facility on O’Neill Street. The iron levels
in Kimball Brook could be naturally occurring. If true, the brook could be taken
off the impaired list, Dillon said.
When remedies will cost money, McDonald told councilors, they would not be the
first to be asked to contribute.
“We will try to get funding from everybody but the municipalities as much as
possible,” he said.
A 2005 DEP survey of watershed conditions determined yard waste, stream bank
erosion and a lack of adequate stream buffers contributed to the watershed impairment. According to the management plan,
more than half the watershed, or about 750
acres, is in residential areas.
The brooks pass through areas of varied
population density, including compact
neighborhoods near the newly created Trout
Brook Nature Preserve off Providence
Avenue.
The preserve is about six acres of woods
and wetlands set aside as a park by the

industrial processes, and supporting local, community-owned renewable energy
generation.
Puser said that while the county initiated this study, it cannot be the only one
responsible for implementing changes;
the responsibility falls on all residents and
business owners to help make the improvements.
“This is not a plan that the county should
be implementing on its own,” she said.
“There is room in there for everyone, homeowners, parents, schools, municipalities,
everyone. It’s an across-the-board, shared
responsibility about what we all need to
be doing as a county and region to combat
these problems.”
Creating the plan is just the beginning of
changes to come, Puser said, and the place
to start making changes is in transportation, because that is the biggest expense
for the county. She added that spending and
consumption numbers need to be further
examined before a plan for who can do
what is put into place.
“Now that we have this plan, we don’t
want it to sit on the shelf,” she said. “We
need shared action, we need shared responsibility and we need to start taking action
on these things.”
Amber Cronin can be reached at acronin@theforecaster.
net or 781-3661 ext. 125. Follow her on Twitter @
croninamber.

South Portland Land Trust. The brook enters the preserve through a conduit beneath
Providence Avenue and meanders toward
Sawyer Street. Last spring, local students
helped stock the area with trout, and the
management plan reported anecdotal sightings of fish during the summer.
But on the other side of the conduit,
quaint homes built more than 50 years ago
crowd the stream banks, which can lead
to erosion and increased runoff. Farther
upstream is the undeveloped Sawyer Marsh
area, beyond that is more than 100 acres of
land used for agriculture in South Portland
and Cape Elizabeth.
The plan divides the watershed into
upper, middle and lower segments with
individual strategies to manage the sections.
In the upper, more agricultural section,
Dillon said local farmers are already making voluntary efforts to curb the nutrient
flow into the brook with barriers and more
selective use of manure and fertilizers. The
added nutrients reduce oxygen levels that
sustain smaller organisms that build the
aquatic food chain.
In the middle section above Sawyer
Marsh, the same strategy can be used to restore dissolved oxygen levels. In the lower
section of the watershed, high school and
college students will help plant buffers and
test water quality this summer.
There will also be workshops open to
people living near the watershed to teach
about better use of fertilizers and pesticides and planting rain gardens and other
natural buffers to protect brook frontage
from runoff.
Dillon’s presentation to councilors left
Mayor Tom Blake optimistic recovery
could be seen in less than a decade. Dillon
did not disagree, and was confident recovery can be combined with economy.
“Fixes aren’t that big a deal in terms of
expense,” he said.
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or dharry@
theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidHarry8.

December 28, 2012

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King looks forward to next session of U.S. Senate
Sun Journal

BRUNSWICK — Thirty down, 69 to go.
Angus King has his work cut out for him.
As you might expect, since his election
to the U.S. Senate in November, King has
been a busy guy.
Last week, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the
number of other U.S. senators he has been
able to meet with one on one in Washington
since being elected.
The political independent had managed
to meet with 30, so far, including 11 Republicans and 19 Democrats.
Those meetings were not geared toward
specific issues; they were mostly attempts
to build relationships, King said.
“I had a little trepidation going down,”
he said. “I remember thinking, ‘How am
I going to be received? Am I going to be
treated like a rank outsider, as an interloper,
as an enemy?’”
King said he was pleasantly surprised
to be “received very warmly” by his soonto-be peers in what’s been dubbed “the
World’s greatest deliberative body.”
“Now, I haven’t had to cast any votes yet,
or any of those kinds of things,” King said,
“but it was very positive.
“The image of the Senate as full of sort
of posturing, pompous guys with long white
hair and suits is sort of gone,” King said.
“These are regular people from all over the
country. Nobody was the least bit pompous
or arrogant or dismissive. All had advice, all
had good thoughts, all said, ‘We are glad to
have you here.’”
King has decided to caucus with Democrats, but he’s still an independent, he said,
and one of his key efforts for his first year
in office will be to find ways to break down
the long-standing partisan gridlock that has
paralyzed the U.S. Senate.
To that end, King asked to be appointed
to the Senate Rules Committee, which
literally makes the rules for how the U.S.
Senate will function. The rest of the Senate
has to vote to approve those rules but King
said he believes people are determined to
end the gridlock.
King is already engaging other senators
on the topic of filibuster reform in hopes of
ending the process by which bills and even
amendments to bills are kept from votes by
extended debate.
It has long been a stalling (or obstructionist) practice in the U.S. Senate. A filibuster
can only be ended when 60 of the 100
senators agree to “invoke cloture,” which
means ending the debate and voting on the
bill. In a closely divided Senate, that’s been
a problem, King said. In the past five years,
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the filibuster tactic has been used nearly
400 times.
King, like his predecessor Snowe, said
he would take a conservative approach to
changing the long-standing rules under
which the Senate operates, but he would
vote, if necessary, to adopt a new rule allowing a 51-vote majority to end debate.
“I think the filibuster is an important
protection for the minority, but it should
be used sparingly and it should not be used
as a routine part of the legislative process,”
King said. He said the rules must be fair,
and while Republicans, currently in the
minority, are opposed to a simple majority “cloture” vote, he believes this change
would be fair and he would support it regardless of which party retains the majority.
“Where we are now is not acceptable,”
he said, adding that “386 filibusters in the
last five years is not the way the U.S. Senate
was designed to work.” King said he hopes
the Senate works something out so this
practice doesn’t continue to be abused. To a
great extent, he sees it as his primary reason
for going to Washington. The issue was a
key refrain from voters who supported him.
“I’m prepared to vote for a change, because the public demands it,” King said.
“This is what the people of Maine sent
me down there for. Everything I heard in
the campaign was, ‘Go down there and
get something done.’ So to me, a 51-vote
rule change is the worst option, except the
status quo.”
King said that as a member of the Rules
Committee, he also will be positioned to
work on campaign finance reform.
King has been an outspoken opponent
to undisclosed outside spending in U.S.
election campaigns, a tactic used heavily
against him in his bid for the Senate. King
has said repeatedly the public should have
the right to know who is financing attack
and support ads, even if those ads are not
officially sanctioned or commissioned by
a campaign. Snowe also supported full
disclosure.
The former governor will serve on four
committees, including Rules, Armed Services, Budget and Intelligence.
As a member of the Armed Services
Committee he will be positioned to advocate for the state’s largest employer, Bath
Iron Works. But he said because of the reshaping of the U.S. military’s posture to be
better equipped to have a greater presence
in Asia and the Pacific, advocacy for shipbuilders isn’t necessarily a parochial stance.
“I’m lucky in that I don’t have to be

pounding the table about something that
may be questionable, strategically,” King
said. “It’s going to require ships and there
are only two places that build them.”
He also said cuts in U.S. defense spending
within the next decade are almost a given.
“One of the realities of the next 10 years
is going to be, ‘How do we reduce defense
budget and not reduce defense?’” he asked.
“How do we control this very large share
of the budget and provide the defense the
country needs?”
That work will overlap the Armed Services and Budget committees, he said.
King said he has met with Snowe and
plans to meet with her again in hopes of
learning which issues she’s still working on
and would like him to continue.
“We don’t want things to lapse,” King
said. “She and I are very similar on our
view of issues and things.”
One of those issues is getting the Senate
to vote on confirming U.S. federal court
justices, including at least one from New
England that’s been left in limbo, he said.
King said he has an optimistic outlook
as he heads to Washington in January to be
sworn in. Earlier this week he announced
that Kay Rand would be his chief of staff.
Rand has a long history of working for
King and has been among his top advisers
for decades. He said details on the rest of
his staff likely would be announced by the
week’s end.
He intends to keep open all of Snowe’s
offices around the state and he may add
one more.
He said following in the footsteps of

Snowe and other luminaries from Maine,
including Edmund Muskie and George
Mitchell, was a daunting proposal. He
likened it to batting fifth behind a lineup
of Yankee sluggers that included Babe
Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Joe
DiMaggio.
“I’m daunted by that,” King said, “but
I’m excited by the opportunity and potential
and am not going to be intimidated by that.”
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U.S. Sen.-elect Angus King, I-Maine, stands in
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New Mayan prophecies discovered! (Don’t say we didn’t warn you)
A team of archaeologists have revealed the discovery of
an artifact of unquestioned historical significance: a confidential memo, apparently from a trusted royal soothsayer
and prognosticator to one of
the last kings of the Mayan
Global
empire.
The memo refers to the
Mayan calendar’s now discredited prediction regarding the end of the world on
Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, but
goes well beyond and warns
of other dire outcomes that
may befall humanity.
Here is the memo in its
entirety:
To: His Majesty Yiknoom
K’ahk (“Jaguar Paw”)
From: Yaknoom Pak’aahk
Snyder (“Yaknoom the Perry B. Newman
Greek”)
Re: 2012-13 Predictions, etc.
Date: Three suns before the sixth moon of the quadrennial solstice, more or less
Sire,
Let me begin by saying how much I like that new headgear you’re sporting these days. Very seasonal, very regal,
very impressive indeed. May it bring you much nachas.
Wear it in good health; you should live to be 120. Love ya.
Which brings me to the end-of-the-year predictions that
I’m required by royal fiat to offer up to Your Majesty. I’m
not a big fan of these annual shindigs, as you know. First of
all, no one gives me any credit when I’m right. (Remember
last year? I predicted a year of sunshine and warm weather.
Did I get a single thank you? Did anyone say, “Hey, he’s
good?” No sir.)
On top of that, everyone expects me to make dire predictions about the end of the world, meteors, floods, locusts,
you name it. That’s not my style. We go back a few years,
you and I, and, well, that memo about the world ending on
Dec. 21, 2012? You know it didn’t come from me.
And maybe this isn’t the best time to mention it, but
it’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage the junior
prognosticators in this office without adequate funding.
Last year’s budget cuts, well, now you see what happens
when you impose austerity measures.
We no longer have the personnel to supervise these little
pishers who think that just because they predict the outcome of a battle or two, all of a sudden they’re experts. It
takes some chutzpah to go from “Jaguar Paw, king of the
Mayans, will be victorious,” to “The world will come to an
end on Dec. 21, 2012.”
But you get what you pay for, right? I’m just sayin’.
Now, as for my predictions, I do have a few to offer and
they also pertain to the period between December 2012 and
the end of 2013. Here they are:
• A few wing-nuts will once again predict that the world
will end, albeit at some point in 2013.
• Because of this, other wing-nuts will buy sophisticated
weaponry and huge amounts of ammunition to protect
themselves from still other wing-nuts.
• Meanwhile, millions of law-abiding citizens will watch

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in horror as these super-empowered wing-nuts threaten
everyone, and as political wing-nuts everywhere bring the
world to its knees with their blind adherence to dogma or
willful blindness to facts.
I hate to be negative, but it seems to me, looking at the
bones, tea leaves and entrails in front of me (and really,
what else do I have to go on?) that the world is in for a
rocky ride in 2013. I could be wrong, but the situation up
North in particular promises to be really ugly.
Their political system is unbelievably captive to moneyed
interests. They should do what Your Majesty did after the
Supreme Council handed down the Incas United case.
Nothing gets the attention of evil-doers like being tossed
from the top of Chichen Itza!
Not advocating. Just sayin’.
But let me close on a positive note:
• The New England Patriots will not only make the playoffs, they’ll make it to the Super Bowl. You can take that
to the bank. Beyond that, Sire, I’m not prepared to say. I’ll
need to see the injury report.
Still, I am a bit worried about 2013. I’m just a modest
prognosticator from a small town in the Yucatan, but am I

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missing something?
Those folks up North have everything anyone could ever
hope to have, and they’re on the verge of losing it all. Honestly, they seem to have lost touch with reality.
If I could speak to them directly, I’d say, “Listen,
schmendricks, don’t mess it up. Believe me, it can happen.”
I’d tell them, “You’re never too big, too rich, or too smart
to fall. Have you seen any Incas lately? I rest my case.”
So, Sire, that’s it for this year. Sorry to get on my high
horse.
Oh, yeah. One more thing: Brady wins the MVP in a
walk.
And, again, I love that headdress. Very impressive, very
regal. Almost, well, apocalyptic.
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Who are you going to believe?
I don’t mind that my wife is smarter than I am.
I’ve known since childhood that women are fascinating
individually and, collectively, The Borg. You know, from
“Star Trek.” Hive-like alien collective with a communal
mind and the catchphrase,
“Resistance is futile.” You
The View
could parachute my mother
into a market in Turkmenistan, and before the groceries were bagged she and
the cashier would know
each other’s names, their
children’s names, and three
identical ways their husbands were stupid. Thanks
to a mind-melding telepathy
triggered by saying, “I know,
right?”
I’m cool with it. Really.
But couldn’t she/they
leave me some dignity? Mike Langworthy
Carol and a woman she has never met – and I have not
seen since high school – bonded over the destruction of
my reality.
The woman was a friend of my high school girlfriend.
(Yes, I had only one, because I was a sullen, taciturn loner
in high school. No matter what anybody says.) She works
for the parent of one of the places I worked. I thought
we might compare experiences, sent her the usual reintroductory email, she responded, ending with, “I would
love to hear from you. I have such great memories of you
in high school.”
A polite, generic statement. Carol jumped all over it, and
I quote: “It is becoming increasingly apparent that your
self-delusions span breadth and depth hitherto unknown.
This successful woman you knew in – what? high school?
– remembers you with great fondness and clearly has sto-

ries to be told.”
I ignored Carol’s chirpy “I knew you weren’t really a
hermit in high school” tone, because I take the high road,
and sent the woman a brief update, closing in charming,
self-effacing fashion, “So those are the high spots in the
road since you last saw the sullen, taciturn adolescent.
What’s been happening to the ebullient, mature-beyondher-years firebrand?”
I thought I was paying an innocent compliment. I didn’t
realize I was throwing gas on a fire I didn’t even know
was smoldering, a fire of female bonding over my faulty
memory.
The response informed me, in all caps, that I was not
sullen and taciturn, merely full of self-doubt, when she met
me on that “hilarious” blind date. I had literally not a single
neuron of memory of a blind date with her. And I was, in
all caps, a sullen and taciturn adolescent.
There were three possibilities. She had me confused
with somebody else (unlikely). My view of myself in high
school was flawed (absurd on its face). Most likely: I was
so profoundly ill-equipped to be in the presence of a girl,
and my behavior so far outside the norm, that my sense of
self-preservation had mercifully wiped all trace of the event
from my mind.
Now, like Jacob Marley’s ghost, the memory of my adolescent hell comes back on the eve of Christmas to haunt
me. Am I never to be free of my shame?
What were we talking about?
Oh, yeah, a blind date I may or may not have had in
high school.
So I asked Carol if I should cop to not remembering,
ignoring her smile of love mixed with maternal amusement at a small child’s excessive seriousness, but mostly
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Millett seeks input
from constituents
As we near the beginning of the new year and the
start of the 126th Legislature, I want to express my deep
gratitude to the residents of South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough for giving me the opportunity to
serve as your state senator. It is a privilege and an honor
and I will work tirelessly for you.
I met many wonderful people during the six months of
my campaign and
the experience
was both gratifying and uplifting.
I care a great deal
about our cities
and towns and
the residents that make them such a great place to live.
Since the election, I have been meeting with local
elected, municipal, and business leaders to learn more
about issues of concern. Most importantly, I want to
hear from you. I welcome your input, suggestions, ideas
and comments. Please feel free to contact me with your
thoughts or questions through email at senrebeccamillett@gmail.com.
I also will be holding coffee hours throughout the
year, the first of which is planned for Saturday, Jan. 5,
10:30 a.m. at Frosty’s Donuts on Broadway in South
Portland.
I look forward to getting to work in January with my
Senate and House colleagues with the goal of getting
Maine’s economy back on track. Again, I am honored
to be your senator and I look forward to hearing from
you any time.
Sen. Rebecca Millett
Cape Elizabeth

The View from Away
from previous page
of vindication for one more piece of evidence that she was
right and I was wrong.
Of course I should tell her. She was practically rubbing
her hands together like a miser staring at a pile of gold,
anticipating the story of this “hilarious” blind date. Don’t
get me wrong. I’m sure this date happened, and I’m sure
it was hilarious. To everyone on Planet Earth but me. My
son, Bobby, who shares Carol’s joy at all my discomfort,
was also present, burst out laughing just finding out it happened; he didn’t need to know the details. What did he care
that the minute I recalled the details, I would be incinerated
by a solar flare of embarrassment and shame?
It all went downhill from there. The date story wasn’t as
bad as I’d feared. She admitted that I put myself down all
night, so I’m thinking, “OK, maybe not taciturn, but sullen for sure.” Then like a dagger in the heart, in closing,
some nonsense about being wonderful, smart and funny.
Insane gibberish.
My point is this: Carol has never believed my experience
of my adolescent self. She calls it “delusional” as a term of
endearment. And when her vision doesn’t jibe with mine,

The (almost) silent treatment
After a brief flirtation with Facebook, I decided last
week that the social media site was not useful to me. I
deactivated my Facebook page.
It was just more aggravation than it was worth, it
was wasting my time, and, frankly, I didn’t care for
some of the people who popped up on “my” page.
I originally signed up for Facebook three years ago
just to look at some high
school reunion phoThe Universal
tographs on a friend’s
page. I didn’t do anything else with it until
this fall when MaineToday Media (publishers of the Portland,
Augusta and Waterville
daily newspapers) began
requiring people who
want to post comments
on its website to have
Facebook accounts and
use their real names.
For a month or so,
I tried to explain to
Edgar Allen Beem
people who wanted to
“friend” me that I wasn’t really “on” Facebook, I was
just registered so I could comment on Portland Press
Herald news stories. Then, out of sheer curiosity, I
decided a month or so ago to see whether Facebook
might be useful in promoting my Universal Notebook
column, my Yankee magazine art blog and the magazine articles I write. I posted a few links and “friended” a few folks I actually know.
The “friend” phenomenon is very strange. You don’t
need Facebook for your real friends. You see them, you
call them, you have their e-mail addresses. Once you
get beyond a few dozen people (and I think I got to
182 friends before I called it quits), your “friends” are
really just acquaintances, friends of friends, acquaintances of acquaintances and professional associates.
My “friend” policy was that I would just “friend”
people I knew well enough to say hello to if I bumped
into them on the street. Pretty soon I was feeling
guilty about not confirming friend requests and feeling
annoyed that I felt compelled to respond to people I

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the guy who actually lived it, she is able to call across space
and time for reinforcements and change reality. Because
sooner or later, The Borg will make me believe I am a
decent human being.
Resistance is futile.

didn’t really know. Minor annoyance turned to outright
indignation, however, when I discovered that the comments of total strangers, people not my “friends,” were
turning up on “my” Facebook page in response to
comments I made online.
It gave me the creeps, so I shut my page down.
Not being on Facebook means I can no longer comment on MaineToday Media stories and editorials, but
there’s nothing but bilge and bile on most comment
pages, so I’m probably better off not pounding the
keyboard in response to the outrage of the day.
In a related development, I have decided as my 2013
New Year’s resolution that I will no longer respond to
anonymous readers who post online comments about
my Universal Notebook columns.
The Forecaster uses Disqus (pronounced “discuss”)
for the purposes of online comments and Disqus allows posters to hide behind phony screen names. I
have long believed that if you don’t have enough courage to sign your name when you express an opinion,
you’re not entitled to express it. But that’s not why I
am no longer going to reply to anonymous readers.
Just as I concluded that Facebook served no useful
purpose in my life, I have also concluded that there is
no point in “Disqus-ing” issues with people who won’t
identify themselves. Believe me, I could care less what
posters say about me, but I find it unfair and unprofessional for a newspaper to allow anonymous cranks to
post nasty comments about people who write signed
letters to the editor. I applaud MaineToday Media for
switching to an online comment system consistent
with its letter to the editor policy, and I hope The Forecaster will do so eventually.
In the meantime, I’ll have my say in my columns
and then readers can have theirs in letters and online
comments. I’ve always had a bad habit of insisting on
having the last word. Now, if you’re anonymous, you
can have it.
Freelance journalist Edgar Allen Beem lives in
Yarmouth. The Universal Notebook is his personal,
weekly look at the world around him.
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and longtime television writer, now lives in Scarborough
and is fascinated by all things Maine. You can reach him
at mikelangworthy@me.com and follow him on Twitter: @
mikelangworthy.

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arrests
12/17 at 11:35 p.m. Mark S. Cresci, 25, of
Fogg Road, was arrested on Black Point Road
by Officer Andrew Flynn on a charge of theft
by unauthorized taking.
12/18 at 10:48 a.m. Bryce J. Kennie, 26, of
Route 1, was arrested on Hannaford Drive by
Officer Shawn Anasatasoff on an outstanding
warrant from another agency, and charges of
criminal trespass and theft by unauthorized
taking.
12/20 at 10:22 p.m. Daniel Vasconcelos,
38, of Main Street, South Portland, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Craig Hebert
on an outstanding local warrant and charges
of failure to submit to arrest and violating
conditions of release.
12/20 at 11:26 p.m. Christine B. Moynihan,
39, of Broadway, South Portland, was arrested
at Route 1 and Hillcrest Avenue by Officer
Andrew Flynn on a charge of operating under
the influence.
12/21 at 10:20 p.m. David W. Fournier, 51,
of Gray Road, Gorham, was arrested on Gallery Boulevard by Officer Cory Lounder on
charges of theft by unauthorized taking and
violating conditions of release.
12/21 at 10:20 p.m. Jessica L. Parker, 30, of
State Park Road, Casco, was arrested on Gallery Boulevard by Officer Cory Lounder on
an outstanding warrant from another agency
and charges of theft by unauthorized taking
and violating conditions of release.
12/21 at 10:25 p.m. Brian E. Richardson, 20,
of Graham Street, Biddeford, was arrested
on Route 1 by Officer Michael Beeler on a
charge of domestic violence assault.

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12/19 at 3:47 p.m. Omar J. Amaya, 41, no address listed, of Gray, was issued a summons on
Gallery Boulevard by Officer Andrew Flynn
on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.
12/21 at 1:30 a.m. Donald L. McPhee, 70,
of Francis Drive, Old Orchard Beach, was
issued a summons at Route 1 and Lucky
Lane by Officer Andrew Flynn on a charge
of operating under the influence.
12/21 at 9:05 p.m. Courtney M. Small, 24, of
Sinott Road, Arundel, was issued a summons
at Payne Road and Cabela Boulevard by Officer Cory Lounder on a charge of operating
with a suspended or revoked license.
12/23 at 1:24 a.m. Laura A. Sheedy, 51, of
Berkeley Street, Portland, was issued a summons on Ashley Drive by Officer Ian Theriault
on a charge of operating with a suspended or
revoked license.
12/23 at 10:07 p.m. Christine M. Smart, 28,
of Ted's Lane, Parsonsfield, was issued a summons at Payne and Gorham roads by Officer
Cory Lounder on a charge of operating with
a suspended or revoked license.

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arrests
12/19 at 3:40 a.m. Aaron Gilchrist, 32, of
Sweet Fern Road, was arrested on Fowler
Road by Officer Aaron Webster on a charge
of operating under the influence and operating
beyond license restrictions.
12/19 at 6:47 p.m. A 17-year-old male, of
Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Ocean House
Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of
aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs.
12/19 at 8:25 p.m. A 17-year-old male, of
Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Ocean House
Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of
aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs.
12/19 at 9:08 p.m. A 15-year-old male, of
Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Ocean House
Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of
aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs.
12/21 at 4:48 a.m. John Ferrieria, 37, of Cliff
Avenue, was arrested on Cliff Avenue by
Sgt. Kevin Kennedy on charges of domestic
violence assault and violating conditions of
release.

Summonses
12/19 - no time listed. Samuel Sherman,
18, was issued a summons at an undisclosed
location by Officer Mark Dorval on a charge
of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 16-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Ben Davis
on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 16-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 16-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 15-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 15-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/19 - no time listed. A 15-year-old male,
of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons at
an undisclosed location by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/20- no time listed. A 16-year-old male, of
South Portland, was issued a summons at an
undisclosed location by Officer Jeffrey Gaudette on a charge of possession of marijuana.
12/22 at 1:24 a.m. Ryan Cash, 39, of Cape
Elizabeth, was issued a summons on Sawyer

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by Officer Patricia Maynard on a charge of
burglary of a motor vehicle.
12/21 at 1:07 a.m. Steven M. Brewster, 30,
of Westbrook, was arrested on Running Hill
Road by Officer Chris Schofield on a charge
of operating under the influence.

Albert F. Baldi, 80: Loved to volunteer

12/16 at 12:30 p.m. Iman A. Abdelkadir,
19, of Portland, was issued a summons on
Anthoine Street by Officer Jeffrey Pooler
on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.

Fire calls
12/21 at 3 p.m. Power line down on Sawyer
Road.
12/21 at 5:38 p.m. Power line down on
Waumbek Road.
12/22 at 8:57 a.m. Power line down on
Waumbek Road.
12/23 at 4:12 p.m. Basement fire on Cedar
Ledge Road.

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12/15 at 8:56 a.m. Bette J. Reilly, 33, of
South Portland, was arrested on Alder Street
by Officer Michael Armstrong on a charge
of theft by unauthorized taking.
12/15 at 8:27 p.m. Amber M. Wright, 31, of
Old Orchard Beach, was arrested on Broadway by Officer Erin Curry on a charge of
operating under the influence.
12/15 at 11:26 p.m. Charles R. Richards,
41, no address listed, was arrested on Main
Street by Officer Erin Curry on a charge of
domestic violence assault.
12/16 at 1:36 a.m. Felipe A. Periana, 36, of
South Portland, was arrested on Westbrook
Street by Officer Kevin Gerrish on a charge
of operating under the influence.
12/16 at 9:33 a.m. Thomas A. Cicci, 20, of
South Portland, was arrested on Palmer Street
by Officer Michael Matheson on a charge of
domestic violence assault.
12/19 at 3:09 a.m. Baham Habibi, 26, of
South Portland, was arrested on Broadway by
Officer Kevin Sager on a charge of operating
with a suspended or revoked license.
12/20 at 5:21 a.m. Jeremy Day, 33, of South
Portland, was arrested on Burwell Avenue by
Officer Patricia Maynard on charges of burglary of a motor vehicle, theft by unauthorized
taking and violating conditions of release.
12/20 at 5:21 a.m. Joshua Walker, 37, of
Portland, was arrested on Burwell Avenue

Road by Sgt. Eric Fay on charges of failure
to obey a traffic control device and failure to
report an accident.

land. While on the island, Baldi spent
much of his time volunteering at the
library and was also very involved
with the Lions Club.
He is survived by is wife of 50
years, Judy; his son, James K. Baldi;
his daughter, Kathleen Mary Kurkjian; and his five grandchildren. He
was also the father of the late Matthew Baldi, who died in 1994.
A private burial will be held at
Pond Grove Cemetery, Peaks Island,
with a celebration of his life to be
held in the spring. Arrangements are
under the care of Advantage Funeral
and Cremation Services, 981 Forest
Ave., Portland. Please visit www.
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guestbook.

SOUTH PORTLAND — Albert
F. Baldi, 80, of South Portland and
formerly of Peaks Island, died Dec.
22 at his home, after a long illness.
He was the husband of Judith (Kirk)
Baldi.
He was born in Chicago on Feb.
26, 1932, the son of the late Albert
and Mary (Panozo) Baldi. He graduated from DePaul Academy and then
went on to obtain his bachelor's
degree in engineering from DePaul
University. In 1962, he married his
wife, Judy, and together they raised
three children.
Baldi worked as an industrial
engineer for the Nashua Corp. before
retiring in 1992. After his retirement,
he and his wife moved to Peaks Is-

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MIke Strout / For the ForecaSter

Scarborough’s Devan Kane, above, denies a Greely skater during the Red Storm’s 2-2 tie with the defending state
champion Rangers Saturday. Kane stole the show by making 36 saves. Scarborough senior Kevin Manning, right, lines
up three of his 19 points during the Red Storm’s hard fought 63-53 home loss to Portland last Friday.

Winter season off and running
(Ed. Note: For the complete
Scarborough-Portland boys’ basketball and Scarborough-Greely
girls’ hockey game stories, please
visit theforecaster.net)
By Michael Hoffer
A calendar year is coming to a
close, but the new winter sports
season is just getting going. Local athletes have already made
their mark in several sports and
the best is yet to come. Here’s
a glimpse:

Boys’ basketball
The news on the boys’ basketball front has been very positive
in the early going.
South Portland is off to a
solid 5-0 start, beating visiting Windham (56-39), host
Biddeford (68-43), visiting
Westbrook (54-36), host Thornton Academy (56-54) and visiting Kennebunk (69-39). The
Red Riots host Massabesic
Friday, go to Scarborough Jan. 2
and have a home showdown versus defending Class A champion
Deering Jan. 4.
Scarborough has been competitive in its first season under
coach Tony DiBiase. The Red
Storm opened with a 66-49
victory over visiting Gorham.
Scarborough then lost at
Westbrook (63-59) and Marshwood (77-74) before downing
visiting Windham (68-49). Last
Friday, the host Red Storm gave
visiting Portland fits before

losing, 63-53, to fall to 2-3
on the season. Scarborough is
back in action Saturday at Biddeford and hosts South Portland
Wednesday of next week.
Cape Elizabeth has won four
of its first five contests. After
losing at home to Falmouth in
the opener, 72-49, the Capers
downed visiting Freeport (6634), host Gray-New Gloucester
(64-38), visiting Greely (56-47)
and host Lake Region (63-41).
Cape Elizabeth goes to Fryeburg Saturday and has a home
test with Western C contender
Waynflete Jan. 3.
In Western D, Greater Portland Christian School started
0-4 with losses to host Seacoast
Christian (55-13), visiting Acadia Christian (40-31), host Pine
Tree Academy (65-26) and
visiting Islesboro (56-34). The
Lions are back in action Jan. 11
at North Haven.

Girls’ basketball
On the girls’ side, South Portland has turned heads with a 5-0
start. The Red Riots opened with
a 48-27 triumph at Windham,
then downed visiting Biddeford
(53-38), host Westbrook (6142), visiting Thornton Academy
(57-37) and host Kennebunk
(47-27). The Red Riots are
at Massabesic Friday, where
longtime coach Mike Giordano
will go for his 200th career victory. South Portland plays host

to Scarborough Wednesday of
next week.
The Red Storm is once again
off to a hot start. Scarborough
won at Gorham (56-23), at
home over Westbrook (60-24)
and Marshwood (44-31) and at
Windham (64-45) and Portland
(57-44) to improve to 5-0. After
hosting Biddeford Monday, the
Red Storm visits South Portland
Jan. 2.
In Western B, Cape Elizabeth
has more than held its own
against a tough schedule. The
Capers lost, 54-42, at Falmouth
to start the year, then upset host
Freeport, 45-33. Competitive
losses to visiting Gray-New
Gloucester (45-42), host Greely
(37-31) and visiting reigning
regional champion Lake Region
(46-23) followed. After hosting
Fryeburg Saturday, Cape Elizabeth goes to Western C favorite
Waynflete Jan. 3.
In Western D, GPCS improved to 4-0 after wins last
week at Pine Tree Academy (4437) and at home over Islesboro
(41-33). The Lions are idle until
Jan. 8 when they host Rangeley.

Boys’ hockey
Scarborough’s boys’ hockey
team has engaged in some exciting games in the early going this
season. After opening with a 2-1
home win over perennial power
Lewiston, the Red Storm traveled to face another storied pro-

gram, St. Dom’s, and suffered a
1-0 setback. After blanking host
York, 1-0, Scarborough edged
visiting Falmouth in overtime,
4-3, then rolled at Kennebunk,
13-1, to improve to 4-1. After
hosting Gorham Saturday, the
Red Storm goes to Cape Elizabeth Jan. 3.
South Portland started 0-4
with losses to visiting Edward
Little (7-0) and host Windham
(5-4), Westbrook (5-4, in overtime) and Cheverus (13-0).
The Red Riots hosted Noble
Thursday, welcome Windham
Saturday and go to Bonny Eagle
Jan. 5.
Cape Elizabeth opened with
a 4-2 home loss to York, tied
visiting Yarmouth, 2-2, won at
Portland, 4-1, then lost at Greely
(7-3) and Biddeford (4-2), to fall
to 1-3-1. The Capers are idle
until Jan. 3, when they welcome
Scarborough.

Girls’ hockey
On the girls’ side, Scarborough
appeared invincible in its first
seven games, winning by a composite 39-1, but Saturday, the
Red Storm twice couldn’t hold
leads and had to settle for a 2-2
home tie with defending state
champion Greely. Scarborough
returns to action Jan. 2, when it
hosts Cape Elizabeth.
Speaking of the Capers, Cape
Elizabeth’s co-op team with
Waynflete started 1-2-1, but is

now 3-2-3 after a 2-2 tie with
Winslow Saturday. “Capeflete”
is at Cheverus Saturday.

Indoor track

Scarborough and South Portland’s indoor track teams already have two meets under
their belts.
On the first weekend, Scarborough’s boys and South Portland’s girls were first in a meet
which also included Deering,
Massabesic and Portland. The
Red Storm girls were runnersup, while the Red Riots boys
placed third.
This past weekend,
Scarborough and South Portland again were in the same
meet, along with Massabesic,
Westbrook and Windham. The
Red Storm boys were first, with
the Red Riots second. Scarborough’s Jerry Kenney was the junior division meet MVP. On the
girls’ side, South Portland was
tops and Scarborough runner-up.
Red Riot Lauren Magnuson won
the junior division meet MVP.
Red Storm Avery Pietras was
the senior division MVP.
Both teams return to action Jan. 2 when they share a
meet with Biddeford, Cheverus,
Gorham, McAuley and
Westbrook.
Cape Elizabeth opens the
Western Maine Conference season Jan. 4 versus Fryeburg, Lake
Region, Lisbon, NYA, Poland,
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MAINEiax
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high school lacrosse tournament will
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for boys at the Dome at the Portland
Sports Complex. Registration includes
clinics by NCAA head college coaches
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Team fee is $400. Free agent fee is $40.
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Elks foul shooting
contest upcoming

Seacoast United teams excel
at North American championships

The Portland Elks Lodge No. 188 will
hold its annual foul shooting contest
Sunday, Jan. 6 at 9:45 a.m., at Catherine
McAuley High School. There will be
three age groups: boys' and girls' 8-9,
boys' and girls' 10-11 and boys' and girls'
12-13. Winners advance to the regional
shoot-off Jan. 13 in Wells. FMI, 7736426.

Seacoast United Premier
teams holding tryouts
Seacoast United Maine will field teams
in the National Premier Soccer League
and Women's Premier Soccer League
during the 2013 season and will hold tryouts for both squads at the club's indoor
arena in Topsham. The men tryout Sunday, Dec. 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5 from to 7 to 8:30 p.m. The
women's tryouts are Dec. 30 from 6:30 to
8 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 2 from 3:30
to 5 p.m. FMI,seacoastunitedmaine.org.

Swimming
Cape Elizabeth’s boys’ swim team
opened with a 116-51 loss to Cheverus,
then beat Biddeford (124-51) and
Westbrook (109-51). The Capers go
to South Portland Friday and host
Scarborough next Friday.
The Red Storm opened with a 48-46
win over defending Class B champion
Greely, then downed Falmouth (97-79)
and Deering (106-79). Scarborough is
home with Cheverus Friday.
South Portland beat Falmouth (8477), then lost to Deering (115-54) and
Cheverus (89-66).
On the girls’ side, Cape Elizabeth
beat Cheverus in the opener, 117-39,

then downed Biddeford (146-18) and
Westbrook (124-28). The Capers go
to South Portland Friday and host
Scarborough and Windham next Friday.
The Red Storm opened with a 5737 loss to reigning Class B champion
Greely, the lost to Falmouth (96-83) and
Deering (108-72).
South Portland lost to Falmouth (10668), Deering (115-54) and Cheverus
(82-68).

Skiing
The Alpine and Nordic ski seasons
begin in earnest in the new year.

Wrestling
Scarborough’s wrestling team dropped
its first six matches. The most recent was
a 51-28 decision to Windham Saturday.
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Tablets
from page 1
more exciting.”
Once the snowman was dressed, Agnew
printed what could become a holiday card
pieced together as students learned and retained vocabulary and maintained a strong
sense of engagement in the lesson.
The Morrision Center educates special
needs students from preschool through high
school, and provides adult services. Agnew
said students from York and Cumberland
counties who need more specialized learning than can be provided in mainstream
public schools attend day classes at the
center on Chamberlain Road.
In South Portland public schools, tablets
are also providing a new way to teach
students who fit into the autism spectrum,
according to Brown Elementary School

Pot cookies

from page 1
Thursday said more than one student faces
possible expulsion because of the incident.
“Our substance abuse policies spell out
what the consequences are,” Nadeau said.
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While uncertain how many students were
suspended for 10 days, she said notices of
expulsion hearings will be sent out next
month to more than one student.
Nadeau said the incident and ensuing
charges should also prompt wider discussions with students, staff and administrators.
“I think substance abuse issues are not
new to schools,” Nadeau said. “This is an
opportunity to have a dialogue.”
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or
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teachers Lynda Reddy and Dina Derrick.
At a Dec. 10 South Portland Board of
Education meeting, Reddy and Derrick
presented ways the tablets help 10 students
communicate, learn socialization skills and
structure their daily environments, no matter where they might fit on the wide autism
spectrum.
“These are 10 children who are incredibly complex, bright and sometimes mysterious,” Reddy said.
Within the spectrum, students can
find social interaction difficult, become
distressed when established routines are
interrupted, and sometimes are completely
nonverbal.
“What all people with autism share is
they have difficulty making sense of the
world,” Reddy said.
While considering it only one of the tools
needed to reach and teach the students, the
tablets provide versatility in programming,
relative ease of use, and a center of atten-

Mad Horse
from page 3
the cause.
When the curtain rose on the production of David Mamet’s “November” in
October on Mosher Street, former Mayor
and current City Councilor Patti Smith
was on hand to welcome the company
to its new stage. Jacobs described the
space as a “black box” theater, so-called
because of it is simple and unadorned, focusing on the intimacies of story, writing
and performance, rather than technical
aspects of productions.
A technicality lurked in the wings,
however, when it was discovered the
company needed a special exception in
its lease and from the Planning Board
for its building to become a legal place
of public assembly.
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tion that attracts students.
“We have their undivided attention, it
draws them from every corner of the room,”
she said.
To cap the presentation, Derrick replayed
a segment made by a student who pieced
together a sentence by pointing at specific
words on the touch screen.
Although he was nonverbal when he
started kindergarten, the student’s speech
is progressing and the tablet offers him
a way to say what he still doesn’t speak,
Derrick said.
In South Portland and at the Morrison
Center, the tablets are also used to provide
visual and verbal reinforcements of daily
routines.
At Morrison, Agnew showed one program where a screen changes colors to
show elapsed time students likely would

the first show in a space seating about
50, and the lease amendment and Planning Board exception were approved this
month. The amended permit allows the
company up to 90 performances a year,
and other groups can arrange to use the
stage as part of that permitted total.
Keeping rehearsal and performance
space consistent benefits the actors, stage
manager and director, and having its own
space benefits the company as a whole,
Marshall said.
“You are at the mercy of the person
from whom you are renting,” she said
about being tenants in another theater.
By staging shows in their own building, the company can also more easily
extend runs of shows if attendance is
strong, Marshall said.
Mad Horse is just around the corner
from the Lyric Music Theater on Sawyer
Street, and not far from the Portland

not otherwise understand.
He said the touch screen is easier to use
than keyboards or writing utensils, although
students may still need coaching in their
motor skills. The tablets can also be programmed to guarantee success by limiting
choices.
After the snowman was dressed, Agnew
guided Mindy Bisson through a demonstration naming the months of the year.
With only one tab available to touch, she
could not fail, but Agnew said the lesson
is a building block that can be expanded to
wider choices as Bisson progresses.
Students use the tablets in groups of three
to five, and the tablets can also be used to
measure student progress by teachers.
“It allows you to focus on the student
more,” Agnew said.
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or
dharry@theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @
DavidHarry8.

Players on Cottage Road.
Being that close to other theaters is no
worry for Jacobs and Marshall, who are
confident Mad Horse has its own niche.
“We want to make theater accessible,
get people here and maybe move them in
some way,” Jacobs said.
As a company, Mad Horse steers away
from musicals and more traditional shows
to create an edge, Marshall said.
“We are a totally different breed of cat
in the best possible way,” she said.
Schedules for Mad Horse and the Lyric
indicate no dates when both theaters are
staging shows, and with on-site parking
for more than 25 vehicles, Marshall and
Jacobs are confident they will fit in well.
“We mean it, we want to be good
neighbors,” Jacobs said.
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or
dharry@theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @
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lowing proper hand-washing procedures.
On Feb. 8, 2011, at Freeport Middle
School, inspectors found food service employees were washing their hands in bleach
instead of in the sink and that sanitation
solution levels were low in the dishwasher.
At the Chebeague Island School May,
5, 2010, inspectors found 11 non-critical
violations, ranging from employees not
wearing hair nets to cutting boards in disrepair. The school was also cited because
the person in charge “could not demonstrate
required knowledge” and was told to review
the health code.
Although the reasoning for most of the
violations is clear, the distinction between
critical and non-critical violations is sometimes perplexing.
Some violations the public might consider serious, such as evidence of rodents
or insects, are non-critical violations, while
dented cans (which must be discarded) are
considered critical violations.

from page 1
foodborne illnesses.
To fail an inspection, a kitchen must
receive more than three critical violations
and more than 10 non-critical violations,
according to state inspection guidelines.
Inspections are unannounced.
Critical violations mean there is a risk of
spreading foodborne illness. They can range
from storing food at temperatures that allow
the growth of bacteria, to serving food from
damaged or compromised packaging, to
employees not washing their hands before
serving food.
Non-critical violations can include
food contact surfaces not being properly
sanitized, equipment in need of repair, and
general cleanliness issues.
A failed inspection on Dec. 4, 2009, at
Mahoney Junior High School in South
Portland revealed hot and cold food was not
being maintained at proper temperatures,
food was not protected from contamination
during storage and employees were not fol-

Schools take priority
Schools are only required by law to be
inspected every other year, although Roy

said the department has made schools a
priority, with a goal of annual inspections.
Only a few of the required inspections have
been missed in the last five years.
The state has only 11 inspectors for the
more than 8,500 schools, restaurants, tattoo and micro-pigmentation (permanent
makeup) shops, campgrounds and pools
in the state.
That’s more 770 inspections a year per
inspector.
“(Maine Center for Disease Control) does
make schools a priority because they’re
a vulnerable population,” Environmental
Health Director Nancy Beardsley said,
noting the inspectors try to make best use
of their time and also make complaints of
foodborne illness and new restaurant openings a priority.
But, inevitably, they miss inspections.
“We do the best we can with our priorities,” she said. “We have to prioritize our
work just due to the sheer volumes.”
The health inspection budget is generated from fees, which are $100 for schools,
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Although the state inspects most schools,
Portland and South Portland are anomalies, along with three other municipalities:
Lewiston, Auburn and Lisbon. They have
their own designated health inspectors.
In the case of Portland, it doesn’t seem to
have benefited schools.
From Sept. 1, 2010, to Aug. 31, 2011,
of the 62 missed school inspections in
the state, 20 were in Portland. There was
improvement the following year, with only
seven of a total of nine missed school inspections in Portland.
The other missed schools were Mahoney
in South Portland and another school that
closed earlier than the inspectors expected,
Roy said.

Portland’s central kitchen

Portland schools have another unique feature: most of their food is made and shipped
from a central kitchen at the old Reed
School, built in 1926, at 28 Homestead Ave.
The school’s classrooms were adapted to
be used as kitchens, dish-washing rooms
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and storage areas. The former gym is now
a freezer.
On the outside of the building, the age
shows: worn brick, cracked windows and
walls littered with graffiti.
Its latest inspection report doesn’t look
good either.
The central kitchen failed its last available inspection Dec. 11, 2011. Portland
Health Inspector Michelle Sturgeon cited
the kitchen for 16 violations, five critical.
Sturgeon cited the facility for inadequate
food temperatures, employees not washing
their hands, being out of soap at one handwashing sink, and wood-cutting tables in
disrepair, among other violations.
Although a newer building is being
adapted to for the kitchen next year, the
current building’s disjointed rooms make
production awkward and the distribution
to schools makes keeping food at proper
temperatures a challenge, said Ron Adams,
food service director for the city schools.
“The food safety issues that we have are

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keeping food at proper temperatures and
also food’s quality,” he said. “I think that’s
a big point around here. We’re the only district with a central commissary and many of
the schools don’t have cooking kitchens in
them, so we’re sending food out hot today
to be served hot later.”
Central kitchens are common in large,
urban areas, Adams said, noting he’s visited
kitchens in Los Angeles and Indianapolis
recently in preparation for Portland’s move.
Food is cooked at the kitchen, and put
into electric warming boxes at “as high a
temperature without destroying food totally,” Adams said. Then the boxes are loaded
onto trucks and shipped to 10 schools.
“It adds a lot to our day,” he said. “That’s
a huge challenge to cook for that many
schools that have nothing but a serving
counter.”
The central kitchen makes about 5,500
breakfasts and lunches every day, nearly a
million per year, Adams said.
In the future the city plans to upgrade
kitchens at all the schools to allow food
to be shipped out cold and reheated the
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fully make the food taste better, he said.
Adams said the School Department has
made efforts in recent years to improve
food safety, including paying almost $4,400
to make all 35 central kitchen employees
certified “food protection managers.” The
certification is attained after passing a test
that covers prevention of foodborne illnesses.
At the new building, Adams said they’ll
be able to make improvements including
getting rid of Styrofoam trays, by adding a
dishwasher that can handle the amount of
reusable trays the school will go through.
“It’s a pretty big, new world starting
next fall,” he said. “The shortcomings of
a facility designed over 30 years ago and
how much that has changed, is a lot of the
drive to push us into putting a new facility
in place.”

Preventing foodborne illness
Patricia Buck and her daughter, Barbara Kowalcyk, have become national food
safety advocates since the death of Buck’s
grandson Kevin Kowalcyk in 2001 from a
preventable foodborne illness. He was 2
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Buck and Kowalcyk founded the North
Carolina-based Center for Foodborne Illness in 2006.
“One month before Kevin died, we where
in Maine, in the Cadillac Mountains, and of
all of the people that were there, he was the
very youngest,” she said. “Within a month
he was dead.”
Kevin died from E. coli, Buck said.
He ate contaminated meat processed at a
major packing plant, where the bacteria
originated.
The center promotes outreach and education about issues related to food safety,
from schools to congress.
Buck, who now lives in Pennsylvania,
stresses the importance of safe food handling. “Some of the biggest errors that
can transmit illness are hand-washing and
temperatures,” she said.
Schools can improve food safety by
doing all the things required in health inspections, Buck said, but one of the most
effective ways that’s often overlooked is
inserting it into the curriculum.
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borne illness and how we approach feeding
children in institutional situations becomes
more important,” she said, noting higher
rates of disease from contaminated food in
younger children. “There might be a need
for more attention paid for food safety practices in lower grades, because these chil-

dren have to be told what to about almost
everything. They’re curious and don’t think
beyond what’s currently in front of them,
which is true of all of us, but especially true
in the 6-12 age group.”
Buck, a former elementary school teacher, said teachers should be allowed time to
teach about hygiene and food safety as part
of the curriculum.
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is allowed 10 minutes to spend on health,
I’d be surprised,” she said.
Younger children are also more likely to
develop serious complications from foodborne illnesses, something that can turn
into long-term health problems, Buck said.
Foodborne illness is not only a problem
at the prepared food level, but at a much
larger, national, and increasingly international, level, she said, noting that the

Federal Drug Administration only inspects
about 3 percent of food at processing plants,
including imported food.
“So, when you say one in six Americans,
that’s a lot of people being impacted by
contaminated food,” she said. “This problem isn’t going to go away, it’s only going
to get larger.”
Will Graff can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123 or wgraff@
theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @W_C_Graff.